Political appointments to government-linked entities continue to be a practised under Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad's administration despite Pakatan Harapan's promises of reforms, according to a recent study.

In particular, think tank Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (Ideas) senior fellow Prof Edmund Terence Gomez (above) highlighted the appointments of six Harapan candidates who lost in the last general election but appointed as board members of four statutory bodies under the Rural and Regional Development Ministry...